Navegando por Orientadores "LUTHI, Stefan Moritz"

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Aplicação de redes neuronais artificiais ao tratamento e interpretação de perfis geofísicos de poço aberto
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 1997-02-13) ANDRADE, André José Neves; LUTHI, Stefan Moritz
The analysis of openhole wireline logs is of great importance for the subsurface mapping of geological layers and the identification and quantification of hydrocarbon and mineral deposits. An importants aspects are the determination of geological boundaries, the mineralogical identification and the well-to-well correlation, which can be a tedious and time-consuming task for the geologist. Automating this procedure is complicated but potentially rewarding because it may save the production geologist and log analyst substantial amounts of time. Artificial neural networks have been shown to handle this task efficiently including in cases where sequential algorithms have problems. We show in this thesis that neural networks can be used to determine layer boundaries, the mineralogical identification and the well-to-well correlation, on well logs, and we present the new networks archtectures. These procedures are tested on synthetic as well as actual field data.
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Construção de banco de dados petrofísicos para determinação automática de litologias
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 1994-04-14) COUTO, Nuno André Pomar; LUTHI, Stefan Moritz
In this work we develop a solution for the classic problem of automatic lithology determination from wireline logs. A data bank generated using the discriminant analysis technique, applied over cored intervals of logged wells from a deep water field situated in the Campos basin. The clustering technique, although preferred by many workers in this field, was found to give inferior results compared to discriminant analysis. The log data, after going through environmental corrections, were placed on depth with the cored data, and a discriminant function was computed. This function classifies the log response according to the facies described from the cores. Thus we obtain a data bank, whitch allow us to perform lithologic discrimination on cored or uncored wells, in the same area. We show that the litology has to be clustered into four facies in order to get optimum results. The final product is a discrete (discriminated) curve which reproduces, reasonably well the subsurface litology. As an aplication of this method, we use the discrete (discriminated) curves to correlate three wells using an automatic correlation algorithm.
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Deconvolução de perfis de poço
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 1992-10-20) ANDRADE, André José Neves; LUTHI, Stefan Moritz
Most wireline logs used for the petrophysical evaluation of reservoirs have a vertical resolution in the order of one meter. This poses a problem when the typical layer thickness is less than one meter, since no correct reading will be obtained. High-resolution logs like the electromagnetic propagation tool (EPT, Schlumberger) the dipmeters (SHDT, Schlumberger) or acoustic and electrical imaging devices have a resolution well below one meter, sometimes as high as one centimeter, but their application to petrophysical reservoir evaluation is limited. We present an approach which uses information from high-resolution logs to deconvolve low-resolution logs. From the high-resolution log we first identify a sharp bed boundary, on both sides of which the petrophysical properties assume a locally constant but different value (an interface, for instance). From this control interval we determine the tool response function under actual borehole conditions of the low-resolution log using the basic convolution theorem. It can be obtained at various sharp bed boundaries in order to obtain a more representative tool response. The low-resolution log is then deconvolved using Fast Fourier Transforms (FFT) over the entire interval of interest. Neither the invasion of mud filtrate or the presence of the mud cake affect this method adversely. We apply it to a number of synthetic and field data sets. Noise filtering prior to deconvolution is found to be important, as is correct depth shifting and a proper choice of the control interval.
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Um estudo da estabilidade mecânica de poços a partir de perfis geofísicos em formações pouco consolidadas
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 1992-10-05) SOARES, José Agnelo; LUTHI, Stefan Moritz
The stability of boreholes can be evaluated from the rocks' mechanical properties, which are compared to the acting stress field using an appropriate failure criterion. The elastic parameters can be measured on rock samples in the laboratory (static parameters) or can be calculated from acoustic velocities and the formation bulk density (dynamic parameters). Dynamic elastic parameters can be obtained from wireline logs, but in poorly consolidated rocks the arrival of the shear wave is often masked by the Stoneley wave, which may travel faster and has a higher amplitude. The giant Campos basin offshore Brazil contains such rocks. We performed laboratory measurements of acoustic velocities on samples from this basin and we use them to correct the shear velocities obtained from waveform processing. Based on this we calculate elastic properties (e.g. Poisson's ratio, bulk modulus) of the rocks which we assume to be homogeneous and isotropic. Mechanical properties such as the shear, compressional and tensional strength are obtained from empirical relations with mineralogy and the elastic parameters. The stress field was evaluated using an uniaxial strain model and actual formation pressure data. From this, near-wellbore stresses were calculated using the modified Kirsch equations. The stress concentrations around the wellbore are illustrated for a number of representative cases. Wellbore failure occurs when these local stresses exceed the formation strength. Three different failure criteria were tested: The Mohr-Coulomb, the Griffith and the Fairhurst criterion. They respectively represent failure due to shear, tension and a combination of compression and tension. Actual wellbore instability was determined from the differential caliper measurement. Two sequences were analyzed, both consisting of intercalations of sands and shales. We found that the Fairhurst criterion offered the best match with the actually observed wellbore failure, and we propose it as a method to predict borehole instability for this basin.